Exclusive Webcast: AMA gets behind US health reforms
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15 September 2009
| Article by Economist Intelligence Unit
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Exclusive Webcast: AMA gets behind US health reforms
The American Medical Association once resisted the idea of healthcare reform. Now it sees it as vital.
In this interview, AMA president Dr James Rohack explains why he believes doctors can no longer support the status quo in the US healthcare system, why affordable, quality health insurance for all Americans is possible, and why preventive medicine can’t work in the US without a major overhaul of healthcare insurance.
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